﻿Awakening: Music from Final Fantasy is a collection of licensed iconic arrangements from the Final Fantasy Series by composer John Paul Hayward for various combinations of Violin, Cello, and Piano.

As a huge fan of Final Fantasy since the early 90's, I've always looked for ways to relive those adventures away from the screen. What better way then through the music? There really wasn't a lot of Final Fantasy music out there apart from the Original Soundtracks until the Distant Worlds album was launched. So, when I ran across the wonderful piano arrangements by Shirō Hamaguchi and Masashi Hamauzu, I jumped at the chance to expand upon their ideas. I took these brilliant arrangements for piano and adapted them as accompaniments for string parts that I wrote.

​The result, in my opinion, is a wonderful collection of arrangements that provide accessible, intimate versions of these beautiful works. These arrangements provide some musical diversity to the Final Fantasy music lover, they really capture the magic that makes Final Fantasy great. Not only will they appeal to the nostalgic gamer, but are arranged in such a way that will captivate even the most rigid classical lover.